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====== X2Go Packages for Redhat Enterprise Linux and derivatives ======

<note warning>Do not mix-and-match packages from the official EPEL repository with packages from the X2Go EPEL repository. Due to differing version number schemes, you will indefinitely run into problems. If you **really** need to switch between repositories, make sure to uninstall all X2Go packages first.</note>

Unreleased versions and unofficial (related to the EPEL project) release packages are only available directly from the X2Go project, follow the instructions in the [[#adding_the_x2go_repository_to_your_package_system|second section]] to configure your package manager for this.

===== Using the Official EPEL Packages Repository =====

X2Go packages are provided by the Fedora EPEL project for RHEL and derivative distributions (e.g. CentOS and ScientificLinux). See [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#Using_EPEL|using EPEL]] for instructions on how to configure the EPEL repository.

<note>The X2Go Project can not provide complete support for these packages. While the current downstream EPEL maintainer is part of the [[doc:organigram|X2Go development team]], X2Go developers generally do not have access to the official EPEL repository. Problems are best handled downstream.</note>

Now you can search for X2Go related package that are now available for your system via YUM:

<code bash>
$ yum search x2go
</code>

Congratulations, you are now able to access the X2Go packages. You may continue by installing x2goserver, x2goclient or pyhoca-gui or any other of the available packages.

===== Adding the X2Go Repository to your Package System =====

<note>For unsupported, archived EPEL versions, please refer to [[wiki:repositories:archives:EPEL]].</note>

Download the .repo file and save it to the correct location:
<code bash>
wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/x2go.repo \
 http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo
</code>

For reference, the file will also be inlined here, with the original information being available on [[http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo]]:

{{url>http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo 720px|EPEL X2Go repository definition file}}

Edit this file with your preferred editor.

<code bash>
$ editor /etc/yum.repos.d/x2go.repo
</code>

As a rule of thumb: ''source''-labeled repositories are never needed, unless you want to build packages from source. ''extras''-tagged repositories are always needed.

By default, the ''release''-labeled repository is enabled and the ''nightly''-tagged repository is disabled. If you want to use the unreleased, more up-to-date packages, disable the ''release''-labeled repository and enable the ''nightly''-tagged repository.

Note that not all of X2Go may be provided for RHEL/EPEL 5/6, as these distributions are very old and therefore more work-intensive to develop for.

<note>If you are behind a proxy, make sure the proxy is defined in ''/etc/yum.conf''. Standard yum repos do not use the same connection mechanisms as RHN channels.</note>

===== Mirroring this Repository =====

The packages in this repository can be mirrored via ''rsync'':

<code>
rsync -avP packages.x2go.org::epel </dest/path/of/local/mirror/epel>
</code>
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